Sportswear



April 1938- s. ALEXANDER 2,112,874

SPORTSWEAR Filed Oct. 6, 1937 'INVENTQR 6TANFORDXLEXANDER;

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ATTORNEYvS Patented Apr. 5 1938 UNITED I STATE SPORTSWEAR Stanford Alexander, New York, N. Y., assignor to Saqui & 00., Inc., a corporation of New York Application October 6, 1937, Serial No. 167,498-

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in sportswear and has for a principal object the provision of garments particularly suitable-for outdoor wear, comprising combinations of upper and lower portions of garments, such as shirts, blouses, or bodices with trousers, slacks, culottes,

riding pants, shorts, skirts, divided skirts, gymnasium suits, and bathing suits. The upper portions of such garments have portions permanently attached together, and other portions detachably secured to each other and include novel means for varying the length around the waist.

The novel construction to be hereinafter shown and illustrated makes it possible for people of different waist-lines who wear the same size garment, to adjust the waist-line of the garment an thereby secure a perfectfit.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an outdoor garment in which the upper portion or member and thelower portion or member are permanently secured together, with a belt therebetween, along an outline extending from the front center to the right side of the garment and across the back to the left side, a portion of the belt near one end being permanently secured to the lower portion of the garment from the front center to the left side, and the other end of the belt being free and carrying means adapted to be adjustably secured to a binding strip carried on the lower end of the upper-garment and extending from the front center to the left side, adapted to be overlapped by the end of said belt permanently secured to the said lower garment. Other objects will be obvious to those skilled in the art.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front-view of one embodiment of the invention as applied to a pair of rompers, showing thepanties-portion partially opened;

1 Figure 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of Figure 1, showing details of the improved adjustable feature;

Figure 3 is a view taken along the line 3-3 of Figure 2 showing the combination of the waistline and the binding strip secured together for one length of waist-line;

Figure 4 is similar to Figure 3, but adjusted for a smaller waist-line;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view of a garment similar to Figure 1, but provided with still another means for adjusting the length of the waistline; I

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view of a garment, such as that shown in Figure 1, but provided with another type of means for adjusting the waistline;

Figure 7 is a fragmentary view taken along the line 1-4 of Figure 6; and

Figure 8 is a view similar to and diifering from Figure 2 as to details of the means for adjusting the length of the waist-line.

Referring now to Figure 1, the shirt member ID of the garment is permanently secured to-the panty-member of the garment i I in certain portions by means of a belt generally designated by the numeral l2. The belt I2 has a portion 13 permanently secured to the shirt Ill from the front center It to the right side l5 and across the back of the garment to the left side ii. The belt also has a portion I! which is secured to the panty-member of the garment from the front center It to the left side ii. The belt also has a free portion I9 which is secured to neither the shirt nor the panty-member of the garment. The portion 19 carries a button 20 secured to one face thereof, and a button 2l secured to the opposite I is buttoned to the button 20, thereby adjusting the garment for a short waist-line. The details of this may be seen in Figure 4, and when the garment is buttoned up, the button-hole 26 is also buttoned to the button 20 and the buttonholes 21 are buttoned on to the buttons 23. Thereafter the matching buttons and the button-holes up the front center and down the left leg are buttoned, and the wearer is completely dressed.

In cases where it is desired to adjust the garment for a long waist-line, the portion I! of the belt would partially overlie the binding strip 22 and the button 2| would be buttoned into the button-hole 25 (extending in toward the wearer's body), as clearly shown in Figure 3, thus leaving the button 20 available to the button-hole 28 and the rest of the garment may be buttoned up in the manner described.

In the modification shown in Figure 5, the shirt portion 10' is provided with a binding strip 22' which may carry the male member ill of a snap, The portion, 19 of the belt may carry a plurality of female members II any one of which may engage the member 3' in accordance with the girth 'ofthewearer. Theportion ll ofthebeltmay also carry a button 20 to which the button-hole 26, in the other end II of the belt, may be secured.

In the modifications shown in Figures 6 and 7, the binding strip 22'' carried on the shirt portion ll" between the front center and the left side may have secured thereto a tab If carrying eyelets a. The free portion ll of the belt is also provided with a series of eyelets ll and a lace ll is provided to adiustably secure the portion of the belt I! to the tab 82, whereby the wearer may adjust the waist-line to any desired length.

After the desired adjustment is obtained, the button-hole It" may be buttoned on to the button II", and the other buttons and button-holes may be combined in the manner hereinbefore described.

In the modification in Figure 8, the upper member SI of the garment between the front center and the left side is provided with a binding strip it somewhat 8 1? than thebinding strip 22 shown in Figure 2. The belt portion 81 which is permanently secured to both the upper member 35 and the lower member 38 from. the front center to the right side andacross the back and is not provided with a free end i! such as shown in Figure 2, and instead terminates at the point 30 and is provided with a button 40 on one face of the belt and a button 4| on the opposite face of the belt. The free end 42 of. the reinforced binding strip 38 is adapted to overlie or underlie the end of the belt carrying .said buttons in accordance with the final adjusted length of the waist-line, The end 42 carries a button-hole 43, which may engage either the but-. tons ill-or CI. The garment is also provided, in addition to the regular buttons and button-holes, with elongated button-holes N, I, which engage buttons 40, ll, respectively, and due to this elongation the buttons 46 and 41 take a normal position therein after the waist-line has been adiusted and the garment.is buttoned up.

The new and improved garments made accord ing to thisinvention not only give the wearer a comfortable and secure feeling, but also provide freedom of movement for the most strenuous of and due to the adjustable feature the wearer is always neat and well dressed,

Although one embodiment andtwo modifications of my new and improved adjustable garment are herein described, it is obvious that many changes may bemade from the modifications shown without departing from the spirit of the 5s invention and the following claims.

anas'n What is claimed is:

1. A combination garment for coming formed to open in front from the neck downward to the center of the waistline of the garment, and the shorts member being formed to open along the left side from the waistline downward, a belt permanently secured to both said shirtwaist and said shorts from a point at the front center to the right side of the garment and across the back to and having a terminus at the left side of the garment, said belt also having a portion extending from the front'center to the face of said terminus of the belt, said buttonhole being adapted to engage one of said buttons for obtaining one waist length and adapted to engage the other of said buttons for obtaining a difierent waist length.

2. A combination garment for sportswearvcomprising a shirtwaist member having short sleeves and a shorts member, said shirtwaist member being formed to open in front from the neck downward to the center of the waistline of the .garment,-and the shorts member being formed to 7 open along the ieftside from the waistline downward, a belt permanently secured to bothsaid shirtwaist and said shorts froma point at the front center to the right side of the garment and across theback to the left side of the garment,

said belt also having a portion extehding from the front center to the left side secured only to the shorts, and an end portion freely extending from the left side of thegarment, a reinforced binding strip secured to said shirtwaist and ex- Ltending from the front center to the left side of the garment, a. button-hole formed in said 'reinforced binding strip near the left side of the garment, a button carried on the inside face of said free end of the belt ,and a button spaced apart from said first button and ca'rried'on the outside face ofsaid free end of the belt, said button-hole being adapted to engage one of said buttons for obtaining one waist length'and adapted to engage the other of saidbuttons for obtaining a diflerent waist length.

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